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Persian Gulf Administration Reports 1883/84 - 1904/05 [‎131r] (266/602)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (299 folios). It was created in 1884-1906. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. AND MUSCAT POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. FOR THE YEAR 1892-93. 7
Chief of Shargah before using the island as a fishing ground, and he agreed to
do so.
In September the Chief of Shargah, accompanied by Sultan Ibn Muhammad
Naimi, visited Debai and renewed with the Chief's representative the truce
between the two Chiefs, which events at Ajman had contributed to impair.
The Chiefs of Shargah, Debai, and Ajman, who have succeeded to their
Chiefships since the conclusion of the agreement of 1879 between the trucial
Chiefs regarding the rendition of absconding debtors, have now subscribed to it.
In September last Sultan Ibn Muhammad, Chief of the Nairn, and Abdul
Aziz-bin-Homaid, uncle of the Chief of Ajman, again laid schemes to depose
him, and were joined at Shargah by the Chief of Um-u]-Kawain. The idea,
however, was abandoned on the receipt by Ajman of timely aid from Debai,
and an understanding was effected between the rival parties by the Chief of
Shargah.
The Chief of Ajman subscribed to the regulations forbidding despatch of
armed boats by sea.
The action of the Chief of Himriyeh, a feudatory of Shargah, in allowing
slaves to be landed in his territory, was brought to the notice of the latter
Chief, who, however, professed his inability to compel his feudatory to fulfil
the requirements of the slave trade treaties : while therefore a fine for a breach
of these treaties by Himriyeh was recovered from the Shargah Chief as the
head of the tribe, the Himriyeh Chief was required to submit to the authority
of Shargah, and during the Resident's visit in November an arrangement was
made between the two Chiefs which it is hoped will obviate further contumacy
on the part of Himriyeh,
The Himriyeh Chief, who is a busy-body, is the frequent cause of jealousy
between the Shargah and Debai Chiefs, with the latter of whom he is very
intimate.
The Chief of Ras-ul-Khymah was conspicuous amongst the trucial Chiefs
for his disregard of slave trade treaty obligation, and was accordingly punished
by a heavy fine in November last.
The Chief has complained of losses to Ras-ul-Khymah subjects at Bander
Abbas and Khargu, Enquiries are being made, but, so far, the Persian author
ities deny the alleged facts,
3.—BAHRAIN.
In April last the Chief, apparently by advice of the person then Kazi, one
Shaikh Jasim, issued an order appropriating one-third of the property of de
ceased persons. This order, however, gave rise to a good deal of dissatisfaction,
and was subsequently withdrawn.
Piracies by the Beni Hajir continued during this year's pearl-diving
season. Several boats belonging to Bahrain were attacked and plundered by
them.
After one of these robberies, in which cargo and specie, amounting to $2,000,
was plundered, the Mutasarif of El-Hasa sent twenty soldiers from El-Katif to
Bahrain as an escort for boats plying between Bahrain and Ojair, and they
continued for some time to perform this duty, of course in their own boat.
The vigilance of the Turkish authorities in their own territorial waters
was not sufficient to prevent attacks on Bahrain boats plying between Bahrain
and El-Katif, and several of these petty piracies went unpunished.
In August last fears were entertained by the Chief of Bahrain of an attack
on the island by Shaikh Jasim-bin-Muhammad-bin-Thani and Nasir-bin-

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The volume contains printed copies of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Administration Reports. The Reports are incomplete (according to the introductory letters and lists of contents). Some of the Reports bear manuscript corrections. The following Reports are represented :

The Reports include a general summary by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (covering the constituent agencies and consulates that made up the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , and topics such as the slave trade, piracy, the movements of Royal Navy ships, official appointments, and the weather); meteorological tables; separate reports on Muscat (also referred to as Maskat); reports on trade and commerce; and a number of appendices on special topics, such as supplementary notes on the care and culture of date trees and fruit (Report, 1883-84), historical sketch of the Portuguese in eastern Arabia (Report, 1884-85), notes on a tour through Oman and El-Dhahireh [Al Dhahirah] by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles (Report, 1885-86), notes on cholera in Persia (Report, 1889-90), report on the cholera epidemic in Maskat, Matrah, and Oman (Report, 1899-1900), and information on individuals and tribes.

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1 volume (299 folios)
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The Reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There is an introductory letter/table of contents at the front of each Report, but these show that the Reports are not complete.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 3 on the second folio after the front cover, and continues through to 299 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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